Eight hundred and sixteenth - eight hundred and seventeenth chapter diamond mine
Chapter 816-817 Diamond Mine
After returning to the hotel, Zhuang Rui didn't tell the crew about this. He was leaving tomorrow anyway so as not to worry them in vain.
Zhuang Rui didn't leave the hotel all afternoon. He ate at the restaurant in the hotel in the evening and went to bed early.
According to George's arrangement, he will first visit George's company's diamond mine tomorrow morning, and then after the exchange opens the bid at three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhuang Rui will rush directly from the exchange to the airport and leave Johannesburg.
"Mr. Zhuang, you can leave now..."
Early the next morning, Zhuang Rui was knocked on the door by George and shouted. After eating some breakfast, everyone gathered together, checked out the hotel room, and then got into the armored personnel carrier at the door of the hotel.
The two stewardesses were obviously a little surprised by the pomp and circumstance of Zhuang Rui's trip, but He Shuang, who had served as a soldier, was a little excited. After getting on the bus, he kept looking at the machine guns on the armored personnel carrier. Each of the yellow and orange balls was as thick as a little finger.
The bullets and the golden one-meter-long metal bullet chain are all real.
Driving an armored vehicle in Johannesburg is definitely a relatively rare thing. The waiter at the hotel door looked at Zhuang Rui at this time, which was particularly exciting. He did not expect that the person he offended the day before yesterday would have such deep hatred in South Africa.
background.
Despite the thickness of the armored body, the running speed is not slow. On an empty road with no people, it can run at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour. After more than two hours, the convoy turned from the asphalt road to a dirt road, and the speed was also
Slowed down.
"Mr. Zhuang, we've arrived..."
More than half an hour later, Zhuang Rui, who was sitting in a sealed can, felt the car stop and George's voice sounded outside.
"This...this is...a diamond mine?"
Zhuang Rui looked at the empty field in front of him and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. In his imagination, there should be many black people working here, and the sound of roaring machinery should be heard in his ears, not what he saw.
The open fields were simply fenced off with wires, and every two to three hundred meters away there was a security guard holding a submachine gun.
About ten meters away from the car, there is a simple small building with more than 30 rooms on two floors. It must be where the miners and security guards live.
But no one should come here to cause trouble. The security guard very close to Zhuang Rui was sitting on a big rock, smoking a cigarette leisurely.
It was hard for Zhuang Rui to imagine that the mine of a powerful diamond company could be so crude.
You know, according to Qin Haoran's introduction, this diamond company is ranked among the top three in South Africa. At least tens of thousands of broken diamonds flow from here to all over the world every year.
"Mr. Zhuang, welcome to my diamond mine..."
A white man in his forties, accompanied by three armed security guards, walked out of the only house in this wilderness and greeted Zhuang Rui and others.
Looking at the guy wearing jeans and a visor on his head, Zhuang Rui immediately thought of the American western movies he had watched a long time ago. If this guy had a revolver hanging on his butt, the whole thing would be a mess.
American western cowboy.
"Are you Mr. Kenneth Wayne?"
Although the visitor was dressed casually, Zhuang Rui did not dare to underestimate the Americans in front of him.
Wayne is a legend in South Africa and even around the world. When he was eleven or twelve years old, Wayne became crazy interested in the gold rush in the United States and Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries.
He talks wildly about becoming the largest gold mine owner in the world.
However, Wayne's ideals deviated slightly from reality. In the mid-1980s, Wayne came to South Africa for his dream. At that time, he was just a young man in his early twenties with only a few hundred dollars.
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Wayne started his business as a diamond broker. He helped customers from all over the world select diamonds. In the process, Wayne not only gained a deep understanding of diamonds, but also accumulated his first pot of gold.
Later, Wayne spent more than 200,000 US dollars to circle a piece of land that experts thought was impossible to produce diamonds. However, Wayne successively found three giant diamonds weighing more than 100 carats on this land, which caused a sensation.
The whole world.
Afterwards, Wayne spent more than ten years to create assets worth more than one billion US dollars and became a world-famous diamond tycoon. He was completely a modern version of the gold rush fortune of the 18th and 19th centuries.
"Mr. Wayne, I didn't expect to see you here..."
"Haha, Zhuang, do you think this place is very crude? This is a mine that I have newly developed. I will be trading diamonds in Johannesburg recently, so I will live here temporarily..."
Wayne laughed when he heard this. He knew that Zhuang Rui would be very disappointed when he saw this, and then said: "My biggest dream is to be a western cowboy, to take risks like a cowboy, and to pan for gold. Of course, I am panning for gold now."
It’s a diamond…”
"Haha, Mr. Wayne, I think you have realized your dream. Wherever there are diamonds in the world, there is your legend..."
Zhuang Rui complimented Wayne a few words, which made the diamond tycoon extremely happy. He waved his hand and said: "Zhuang, I'm very happy to see you. I have decided to open the mine to you for an hour. If you can do it in this
If you dig out diamonds within hours, the diamonds you dig up will belong to you..."
Zhuang Rui had a good temper with this cowboy gentleman and immediately said: "Isn't it right? Mr. Wayne, it will take two hours no matter what. One hour is simply not enough..."
"No... no, Zhuang, my new mine was a volcanic river in ancient times. In other words, it is an open-pit mine, and it is also a rich ore. If you are lucky, you can dig it.
Diamond..."
Wayne corrected Zhuang Rui's statement. In fact, even in an open-pit mine, the place where the ore is produced is probably about one meter deep. Wayne is not worried about what kind of ore Zhuang Rui and the others can dig. He just uses this to communicate with Zhuang Rui.
Rui is just trying to get closer.
Nowadays, China's diamond jewelry market is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more customers from China. Wayne pays great attention to his interactions with Chinese customers. Using such small means can increase the friendship between each other. How about Wayne?
What about enjoying it but not doing it?
Of course, if Zhuang Rui is really lucky, then Wayne wouldn't mind giving them the diamonds they dug up as gifts. As long as Zhuang Rui didn't dig up a huge diamond, Wayne could still afford the loss.
In South Africa, there are many exhausted mines that have been turned into mineral parks. Tourists only need to pay a small amount of money to enter the ground to hunt for treasure. If they are lucky, they may also get a few missing diamonds.
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Inspired by South Africa, there are similar diamond theme parks in some volcanic spots in the United States. However, the people who go there are basically just for fun, and it is rare to hear that anyone can dig diamonds.
"Okay, gentlemen and ladies, the generous Mr. Wayne is going to give away diamonds. Let's all try our luck..."
Zhuang Rui turned back and said to the crew with a smile. He knew that diamonds could be formed under high temperature and pressure. If there had been a volcanic river here before, then there should have been a primary diamond mine on the place that originally belonged to the river bed.
"marvelous……"
"Wow, Diamond, here we come..."
"Can you two with thin arms and thin legs be able to dig?"
After everyone behind them heard Zhuang Rui's words, they couldn't help shouting with joy, especially the two girls. Diamonds were not particularly attractive to them. After receiving the pickaxe and sieve from the security office, they happily went to mine.
Walk to the area.
The iron pick is used to dig out the soil, while the sieve is used to screen diamonds. This is a very detailed task, because many diamonds are extremely small and will be missed if you are not careful.
"Mr. Wayne, can I do that too?"
Seeing the excitement of Liuli and others, Zhuang Rui also became interested. He just made a rough observation with the spiritual energy in his eyes. This is really a rich mine, because there are weak spiritual energy fluctuations just ten meters away from Zhuang Rui.
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"Of course, my friend, even if you get nothing, I will give you a diamond..."
The reason why Wayne is so generous is because during his phone call with Zhuang Rui yesterday, he learned that Zhuang Rui quoted a very suitable price for his batch of loose diamonds.
"Well, Mr. Wayne, I hope you won't regret it. My luck has always been very...well, very good!"
Zhuang Rui used an extra word and emphasized his tone. He was afraid that he would find a good diamond soon and Wayne would be reluctant to give it to him.
"Oh, then I'm really losing money..."
Wayne laughed. He designated a place for Zhuang Rui and others to dig diamonds. However, after shoveling the ground several times with a shovel, almost all of it was combed. Wayne did not believe that Zhuang Rui could really dig out anything good from it.
goods?
"Peng Fei, I'll do the digging, and I'll leave the job of sifting diamonds to you..."
When Zhuang Rui saw that Liuli and the others had already started working, he quickly picked up a shovel from the ground, threw a sieve to Peng Fei, and ran to the designated place.
"Why? I still want to dig..."
Peng Fei was very dissatisfied with Zhuang Rui's distribution method, so he also copied a shovel and followed him.
"Wow, Sister Liuli, we dug up diamonds!"
As soon as Zhuang Rui walked to the place where the bulldozers made ravines, he heard Tianya's excited shouts. The two sisters also had a division of labor. Liuli was digging with a shovel, while Tianya was sifting.
Tianya's words attracted He Shuang and Ding Hao, who were working hard. These two brothers were not smart enough. They could only dig but not sift. It would be difficult to identify diamonds with the naked eye.
"Mr. Zhuang, look at this, is this a rough diamond?"
Tianya happily put the diamond, which was only about the size of a mung bean and looked a bit like frosted glass, into Zhuang Rui's hand. There was still some dirt on the surface of the diamond.
"Yes, this is a rough diamond. Beautiful lady, you are very lucky..."
Wayne, who was following Zhuang Rui, recognized it at a glance. Even though it was so small, it should be about one carat after processing. Even if the purity of this diamond is not good, it is worth at least more than 10,000 RMB.
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"Yes, the purity is not bad. It is probably worth about 30,000 yuan. Our women's army is very powerful. Lao He, don't just dig the soil, but also use a sieve to sift it..." Zhuang Rui said to He Shuang and Ding Hao who looked envious.
He came up with an idea and casually returned the diamond to Tianya.
Although this place has been mined, along the way, Zhuang Rui discovered that there were still many diamonds scattered under the ground. Even without a shovel, as long as there was time, many diamonds could still be screened out.
However, these fish that have slipped through the net are basically goods of less than one carat, and are not worth much when sold.
Tianya and Liuli were very lucky. They found the first diamond, which was quite large. Zhuang Rui took a cursory glance and gave it a price of thirty thousand.
"Mr. Zhuang, this... I'll give it to you..."
Tianya felt a little embarrassed. They didn't do much work when they were paid, but they came here to dig diamonds for the boss's sake. Tianya said and pushed the diamond into Zhuang Rui's hand again.
"No, this is the fruit of your labor. Mr. Wayne said that everything you dig up belongs to you. If you can dig up an African Star, you will really make a profit..."
Zhuang Rui smiled and waved his hand. The Star of Africa he was talking about was a giant diamond that appeared in Africa at the end of the last century. It weighed 212 carats. It was finally sold to an unknown person at auction for 3,600 carats.
Million dollars were taken away.
Of course, Zhuang Rui was joking. If such a giant diamond really appeared, I am afraid Wayne would immediately take what he just said as a fart.
"Come on, Peng Fei, let's start working..."
After Zhuang Rui walked seven or eight meters, he suddenly felt that Peng Fei hadn't followed him. When he looked back, he saw that this guy was already busy with his butt stuck out with a shovel. He couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head. If you want diamonds, it's not easy to follow him.
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To be honest, Zhuang Rui doesn't like these leftover broken diamonds. According to his idea, he must find a three- to five-carat diamond no matter what, so that Wayne can feel sorry for him.
However, Zhuang Rui didn't feel the diamonds that were particularly full of spiritual energy when he was thirty or forty meters away, so he walked a little further away and looked up to see several machines running not far away.
"Mr. Wayne, your equipment is too bad, isn't it?"
The two bulldozers and excavators parked nearby were stained with rust and were only 30 to 50% new at most. As for the ore washing machine, it was even more shabby and made a "rattling" sound when it was rotating.
Four or five black men were operating the machinery. They put all the cleaned ore into a large iron plate for screening. However, these black men were only responsible for operating the machinery. They had nothing to do with screening diamonds.
Yes, there is a dedicated person in charge.
This method of digging diamonds is much more advanced than Zhuang Rui and others digging in the soil with a shovel and then sifting through it themselves.
"Zhuang, there is nothing we can do about this. There is no place to produce or assemble heavy machinery in South Africa. These machines are all bought from Japan and South Korea at high prices. Those damn guys, the things they sell are expensive and always broken...
Oh, by the way, in my other two mines, there are several "Dongfanghong" bulldozers produced in China, which were produced 20 years ago and are of excellent quality..."
As he spoke, Wayne raised his thumbs at Zhuang Rui. He has 12 diamond mines in South Africa. If they were all excavated by machinery, it would be a huge expense. Therefore, for an open-pit mine like this, Wayne
It is mostly done manually.
Zhuang Rui looked at Wayne with disdain. Nowadays, the Dongfanghong bulldozer produced 20 years ago can no longer be found in China. It is estimated that this guy got the machinery from the South African government that China used to aid Africa.
When Wayne saw Zhuang Rui holding a shovel but not digging, he touched Zhuang Rui with his hand and said mysteriously: "Zhuang, don't dig for ore. I'll take you to choose diamonds?"
The mining of diamonds is divided into several steps. The first is to select a mining area, then use machinery to dig out the ore and put it into a washing machine for cleaning. The last step is to screen the diamonds, which is also the most important step.
In South Africa, the step of selecting diamonds is usually carried out personally by the mine owners or their close associates. Moreover, mine owners in South Africa will never let black people do this work, and there are only a handful of them in South Africa.
The same goes for black mine owners in South Africa.
Many black workers in South Africa often have never seen large-carat rough stones after working for a lifetime, because they have no access to what comes out of the washing machine.
"Okay, I also want to see the output of Mr. Wayne's diamond mine..."
Zhuang Rui smiled and nodded. It was a rare thing to be invited by a diamond mine owner to visit the mineral processing.
Zhuang Rui followed Wayne back to the house. Two white drivers brought the crushed ore that had just been washed in the fine ore washing machine to the room. There were two security guards guarding the door with guns.
"Zhuang, there are now a total of twelve plates of diamonds that have not been screened. You can choose one, and I will give you the largest diamond you selected..."
Zhuang Rui bought Wayne's diamond worth 70 to 80 million U.S. dollars this time. Wayne sincerely wanted to give Zhuang Rui some gifts. Of course, if Zhuang Rui was too unlucky, there was nothing he could do.
Zhuang Rui glanced at the iron plates containing the ore, and then said with a smile: "Okay, then I... will choose the second plate..."
"Wish you good luck..."
Wayne said as he placed the first plate of ore on the stone selection table in the room. In fact, the so-called stone selection table is a table covered with animal skins, with a strong light on top, facing
desktop.
Wayne held a special wooden clamp in his hand and stared at the small black stones on the table. From time to time, he picked up a stone with the clamp and inspected it.
However, Wayne's luck didn't seem to be very good. From the first plate of ore, he only picked out two broken diamonds of less than one carat.
"Man, it's up to you..."
Wayne shrugged his shoulders, gave up his seat to Zhuang Rui, picked up the second plate, and tipped it upside down on the table.
"Haha, Wayne, I seem to have better luck than you..."
After Zhuang Rui pretended to fiddle with the ores for a few times, he accurately picked up a diamond and laughed loudly.
When Zhuang Rui entered the room just now, he noticed this diamond. It was of good purity and not small in size. When Zhuang Rui was secretly cursing Wayne for his bad luck, he didn't expect that Wayne would let him pick a plate.
Zhuang Rui will naturally not be polite when it comes to choosing.
"Shit, this...how is this possible?"
Having played with diamonds for half his life, Wayne could tell at a glance that the diamond on Zhuang Rui's clip must be at least six carats. After processing and sectioning, it was estimated to be about five carats, which was already considered a large diamond.
Even if it is a rough diamond, such a diamond is still expensive, estimated to be around 30,000 to 80,000 US dollars. Because he gave it away with just one word, Wayne was inevitably a little hurt.
"Don't worry, Wayne, there's still a lot on this plate..."
Zhuang Rui saw Wayne's ugly face and couldn't help but feel happy. There were indeed a lot of diamonds in the second plate. Zhuang Rui quickly picked them out with his right hand. There were nine diamonds in total, plus the first one.
pieces, the total weight should exceed 15 carats.
Seeing that in addition to the big diamond, Zhuang Rui actually picked out so many diamonds, Wayne's expression softened. He was afraid that Zhuang Rui was not careful in picking, so he went forward to sift through it again, and unexpectedly again
Not even one more was found.
"Zhuang, you should come and work for me, and I will pay you the highest salary in South Africa..."
Wayne smiled and joked to Zhuang Rui, picked up the large carat diamond and walked towards the analyzer.
He didn't doubt anything. You should know that mastering the method of selecting diamonds is the most basic quality that a diamond merchant must possess.
"Oh, man, you are really lucky. The luster is f-color and the purity can reach vvs2 level. You can give this diamond to your wife. It represents good luck...
But... Zhuang, you should work for me for an hour and help me pick out all the remaining diamonds..."
After testing it, Wayne threw the diamond to Zhuang Rui. Although the diamond was expensive, it was not enough to make Wayne regret it.
"Okay, as you wish..."
This job does not pose any challenge to Zhuang Rui. He only needs to use his spiritual energy to tell whether there are diamonds in the ore and where the diamonds are located.
In just over half an hour, Zhuang Rui picked out all the remaining diamonds. There were actually quite a few, sixty or seventy in total.
"Man, you're not a diamond player, are you? Stay and work for me..."
After weighing himself on the scale, Wayne shouted loudly. It was only a morning's work, but he had harvested more than a hundred carats of diamonds, which was the result of several days of work.
Wayne really had some thoughts of keeping Zhuang Rui.
People who have been in contact with diamond mine owners in South Africa may know that although these guys don't understand what feudalism is, they are extremely superstitious. They believe that those who screen diamonds must be lucky.
Therefore, in the South African diamond mines, the highest-paid people are not the miners, but the staff responsible for diamond screening.
However, Wayne also knew that if he wanted to keep Zhuang Rui, he probably would be better off giving the diamond mine to Zhuang Rui.
